Work surface
AssigneeRedesign Group, LLC
InventorRobert Schumacher
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Abstract
A work surface is provided. More particularly, a work surface that is portable, and that when deployed provides a relatively stable platform is disclosed. The work surface includes a horizontal clamp track running parallel to a top surface, and one or more vertical tracks running parallel to the legs of the work surface. The horizontal track is configured to receive one or more clamps that can be used to secure a workpiece against a side of the work surface. The vertical tracks are configured to receive a support block, which can be used to support a workpiece along a side of the work surface.
Claims18
A work surface assembly, comprising:
- a top surface;
- a plurality of legs, wherein in a first, extended configuration, a longitudinal axis of each of the legs in the plurality of legs is substantially orthogonal to a plane of the top surface;
- a horizontal track, wherein the horizontal track extends along a first edge of the top surface;
- a first vertical track, wherein the first vertical track extends along a first leg included in the plurality of legs, and wherein the first vertical track faces outward from a first side of the work surface assembly.
A method of supporting a work piece, comprising;
- providing a portable work surface, the portable work surface including:
- a planar top surface;
- a plurality of legs, wherein the legs fold flat against a back of the planar top surface when the portable work surface is in a folded configuration, and
- wherein the legs are substantially orthogonal to the planar top surface when the portable work surface is in a deployed configuration;
- providing a first vertical track on a first one of the legs, wherein the first vertical track is placed on a first side of the portable work surface;
- placing a first support block in the first vertical track, wherein a location of the first support block along the first vertical track can be selected by a user;
- supporting a work piece on a support surface of the support block on the first side of the portable work surface, wherein the work piece is substantially planar, and lies in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane of the planar top surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.